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Ananas

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A`na´nas
n.1.(Bot.) The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).
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Noun1.AnanasAnanas - a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of several flowers (such as pineapples)
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Bromeliaceae, family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family - a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance
Ananas comosus, pineapple, pineapple plant - a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
2.ananas - large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
Ananas comosus, pineapple, pineapple plant - a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics


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